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2014 has been charming for Prince

It's been a pretty good year so far for Prince.

Back on April 18, 2014 the musical icon released a brand new single entitled, "The Breakdown." The surprise was the cap on a whirlwind 24 hours in which Prince also announced a new studio album and a new partnership with Warner Bros. Records. How's that for crossing things off your daily to-do list?

In an interview with Arsenio Hall, Prince said "The Breakdown" is his current favorite song to play live. The power ballad that begins with echoing keyboard rides like a wave into Prince's falsetto, and is a string-orchestrated cut also punctuated by various sound effects. It is the first release following the announcement of Prince's reunion with his old record label.

As part of the new partnership (which will be a global licensing deal), Warner Bros. has agreed to release previously unheard material from Prince, as well as a digitally remastered, deluxe 30th anniversary edition to the 1984 soundtrack album, "Purple Rain."

And as for that brand new LP? "A brand-new studio album is on the way and both Warner Bros. Records and Eye are quite pleased with the results of the negotiations and look forward to a fruitful working relationship," Prince said in a news release. It will be his 33rd studio album overall and first in four years.

Lately, Prince has been playing with an all-female trio called 3RDEYEGIRL. He occasionally posts YouTube videos of their music, and releases tracks through the group's website.

A pioneer of the Minneapolis Sound (Updated April 25, 2013)

He is a singer, composer, producer and pioneer of the Minneapolis Sound, which has influenced a generation of musicians. Known to many only as Prince, he was born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958 and named after a jazz band in which his father was a pianist.

Prince developed an interest in music at an early age and signed to Warner Brothers records when he was just a teenager. He released his debut album, "For You," in 1978. Subsequent albums over the next four years included the self-titled "Prince," "Dirty Mind," "Controversy," and "1999." The later two created a buzz for mixing religious and overly sexual themes, and included elements of dance, funk, pop and rock.

A self-described perfectionist who writes, composes and produces most of his own music, Prince's popularity exploded when he released the album "Purple Rain" in 1984, which also served as the soundtrack to his film debut of the same name. Two more albums followed before Prince's band disbanded, and he recorded as a solo artist before debuting the "New Power Generation" band in 1991 and changing his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol he called "The Love Symbol."

Due to a label dispute with Warner Bros, Prince would release five records in two years before jumping to Arista Records in 1998. At the turn of the century he went back to referring to himself as "Prince." He has released 13 albums since then, including his latest, "20Ten."

Prince is well known for his on-stage persona and flamboyant costumes. He has toured endlessly since 1979-1980. "Welcome 2" is the common name of his 21st concert tour, which recently played over 80 shows in North America, Europe and Australia.

On January 23, 2013, a lyric video for Prince's new song "Screwdriver" was leaked online. In February, the website 3rdeyegirl.com was announced via YouTube, offering four new songs for online purchase.

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